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Research Article

Visceral Leishmaniasis in the BALB/c Mouse: A Comparison of the in Vivo Activity of Five Non-Ionic Surfactant Vesicle Preparations of Sodium Stibogluconate

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Pages 1-7 | Received 04 Apr 1994, Accepted 07 Jul 1994, Published online: 28 Sep 2008

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